Amy Oliver JACKSON, daughter of Sir Thomas JACKSON, left us
two family histories. Both were written in the early 1950s and each claims a
different county for the Jackson’s first connection to Ireland. Take your pick:

My Father came of an English
family, one of whom went to Ireland as an officer in the Army in Queen
Elizabeth's reign- was given a grant of land in County Cavan.

Or:

The Jacksons came from
Northamptonshire and went to Ireland in Elizabeth's reign, and were given
grants of land in Co. Carlow (N. Leinster) for distinguished service in
the Army.

I have double checked the originals to make sure that I
wasn’t hallucinating. Since the Jackson name is frequent in both counties, I have
decided to assemble and share what I can on each.

There is only one thread of JACKSONs that I know anything
about who originated in Co. Cavan: the JACKSONs of Lisnaboe and later of
Ballybay. They have been researched in considerable detail by Bill FARRELL at http://www.farrell-family.org/ These
JACKSONs originate from Lisnaboe which is actually in current day Co. Meath,
but at one time the boundaries were drawn differently and part of the townland
was in Co. Cavan. Even though there is no known family link, “my” Jacksons” - the
Jacksons of mid 1800s Urker, CO. Armagh - were seemingly connected to these
JACKSONs of Ballybay. Incidentally, the well known linen family JACKSONs of
Ballybay (hence originally from Meath/Cavan) may or may not be connected to
these other Monaghan JACKSONS:

I will add more details as I learn them. My main interest
here is in following the earliest dates that the name JACKSON appears in Cavan
and nearby in Meath.

In the early 1600s, there were 68 Unnamed Freeholders and 20
lessees for life mentioned in A Statistical Survey of Cavan. No JACKSONs
showed up. The landlords were named and looking at a combination of their names
and the townlands may unearth other useful names:

Landlord

Barony

“Denomination”

Freeholder

Lessee

Sir James Hamilton

Clanchie

Keneth

8

3

John Hamilton

Clanchie

Kilcloghban

2

6

Wm Hamilton

Clanchie

Dromuck

2

3

Wm. Bealie

Clanchie

Tonregie

2

4

John Taylor

Loghtee

Aghieduff

7

7

Thos Waldron

Loghtee

Dromhin & Dromelin

5

17

John Fish

Loghtee

Dromany

4

4

Sir Hugh Wirral

Loghtee

Monaghan

3

5

Sir Stephen Butler

Loghtee

Clonofe

5

11

Renald Home

Loghtee

Lisreagh

3

21

William Snow

Loghtee

Tonagh

4

7

Sir Alexander Hamilton

Tullaghconche

Carotobber &Clonkine

6

25

Alexander and John
Aghmootit

Tullaghconche

Drumbeda & Kilagh

5

7

John Brown

Tullaghconche

Carrowdownan

2

19

SEE ALSO: A chart I did that has current names of these
places. The chart beneath includes JACKSONs where there is a known or suspected link with Co. Cavan.

Date

Notes

1599

Calendars of State Papers lreland Volume ccvii.
1599-1600 1509 to 1670
27 Volumes (Indexed)Reign of Elizabeth 1 Number 28Pages
420/421 Letter dated 26 January, 1599, Captain T. Jackson to
Sir Robert Cecil...writer is in distress. Although he has been released, his
Company has been disposed of to one of the Lord Chancellor's sons, the
Archdeacon of Kilkenny. ..proposes to return to England as speedily as he
can. . . (Quotation included but not noted).

Letter dated l6 January l600 at Dublin.Captain
T. Jackson to Sir Robert Cecil.... The writer writes about his present
state (condition) which he had already outlined in a letter to the Duke of
Ormonde. That letter asked for a mitigation of Jackson's punishment. . .he
refused to submit as his Company was taken off him. ..he wishes to be
enlarged out of Dublin Castle. ..'.

Letter dated 12 January 1599/1600Captain
Jackson to Earl of Ormonde. The writer states he ' . . .is mightily
distressed by malicious informers. Is charged with abuses committed by
malicious informers; is charged with abuse committed by his Lieutenant in his
absence. The charges are not directly proved, yet he was punished. . .blames
informers for his unfortunate position. . .in his former life. ..he has done
heretofore, acceptable services, well known to her Majesty and the Council in
England.. .his coming into Ireland has cost him almost £400...

Letter 9 March 1659 - 1600 from Sir George Carew President
of Munster to Sir Robert Cecil, on behalf of Captain (T) Jackson who
has been discharged from his Company for a fault committed by his Lieutenant.
Jackson is "an experienced Captain in the wars" and desires to
justify himself...

List of Officers whose soldiers are to be reformed;
includes Captain Jackson. (no other information given).

Page 67 Reference to Drummer Jackson. Date 1625.

1634

A John
Jackson, was, in 1634, a Member of Parliament for Carrick - on - Shannon,
County Leitrim. I do not know where he came from. He married Margery PLUNKETT, Dec 8, 1638.

1641

Reference: MS 833 Title of Deposition: Deposition of
Richard Jackson

County: Cavan

Fol. 18r

Date: 1642 Jan 26

218 Richard Jackson late of ffarnham in the County of Cavan[1] Buttonmaker sworne saith That about All hallontyde
Last he this deponent at ffarnham aforesaid was robbed and dispoiled of his
goods & chattles to the values hereafter mencioned vizt of corne &
hay worth 40 s., howshold goods and apparell worth five pounds one horse and
a Mare worth iij li. beasts and cattle worth two pownds thirteene shillings
iiij d. the proffitts of his garden worth vj s. viij d. In all amounting
&lt;a&gt; to thirteene pownds ster By and by the meanes of John Brady
of Ballymackyllrone in the County of Cavan gen then high constable Owen Brady
of ffarnham aforesaid husbandman whoe tooke this deponents goods and apparrell
and divers of his companie and Complicees, whose names this deponent hath not
yet Learned Richard Jacksons mark [mark] Jur 26 Jan: 1641 And further
the said deponent saith That Myles Rely &lt;b&gt; high Sheriffe of
the Countie of Cavan with divers in the Company about the tyme aboue
mentioned came to ffarnham aforesaid to the house of Mr Richard Castleton and
tooke away divers Armes out of his house and sayinge That hee had Commission
from the kinge at Eddenborough to disarme all the English and to furnish the
Irish and the Scotts with armes. Signum Ric: [mark] Jackson [his mark]
Jur. 26o Jan: 1641 John Sterne William Aldrich

1641

Alexander
JACKSON, Goldsmith granted lands situated in the County Meath, Baronies
of Morgallion and Navan. Note; The Barony of Morgallion, County Meath adjoins
the area where Lisnaboe is situated ( SEE” published copy of 1654 - 1656
County Meath Barony Map). The townland of Lisnaboe is situated in the Barony
of Kells, County Meath. The County Meath Baronies of Kells, Navan and
Morgallion adjoin each other.

The
Adventurer named Alexander Jackson, Goldsmith of London, England, was
granted lands in the County Meath Baronies of Navan and Morgallion. A sum of
£100 was advanced for these lands. This Alexander was probably in residence
in Meath by 1654. He appears to have been still alive in County Meath around
1670. To date nothing further is known about this man.

1641

Calendars Of State Papers Ireland Volume cclx Page
338

Letter dated 24 August 1641. The King (of England) to the Lord
Lieutenant (of Ireland) for Captain John Jackson ordering that he have
a Captain's place in the Standing Army of Ireland as soon as those before his
(sic him) are satisfied

1647

Calendars Of State Papers Ireland Vol. Cclxlli
Page 616

Further orders of the Committee of both Houses for Irish
Affairs 20 April 1647 ...payments to troops. List of names includes
Lieutenant Hugh Campbell of Sir John Clotworthy's horse. Cornet Jackson of that Troup of Horse. £12.0.0. Note: a Cornet in the army carried the regimental
colours.

1649

Page 307

Certificate by Lord Mayor Andrewes (of London ?) dated 6
July 1649. Abraham Jackson, late of Newington, Clerk, deceased, advanced £300
for the Irish adventure and paid it in instalments. He is asked to make this
Certificate by Mary, Widow and Administrix of the goods of Abraham Jackson.

1649

Ralph JACKSON lands in
Meath Under Soldiers of the
Commonwealth.&Under the Acts of Settlement & Explanation

1650

Calendars Of State Papers Ireland Page 374

Letter dated 24 February 1650 Kinsale, County Cork.
Contains a reference to Thomas Jackson, Clerk to the Auditor General.
No other information given.

1650

Betham Prerogative Will Extracts to 1800. Ref.
T/559/24

Page 227 of Volume 3 Extract of the Will of Lieutenant Thomas
Jackson, 1650 married Abigail daughter of Thomas Lernon, Dublin.

Letter dated 1653 . Contains reference to Power of
Attorney from Alexander Jackson to Methuselah Turner.

1654

The second
Adventurer recorded in Eastmeath (County Meath) was a Thomas Jackson, Pewterer, Old Jewry, London. The information pertaining to his land grant is
somewhat confusing because of references of County Tipperary. A Thomas
Jackson, Adventurer (possibly the same person as above) is recorded in 1654
as having acquired lands situated in Eastmeath. The sum advanced for his
lands was paid by the Butchers Company of London.

1655

William Edmundson was a minister of note, and he left a
journal of his life and travels in the ministry which is still extant and in
which the name of Robert Jackson believed to be a son of Richard Jackson,
who sometimes accompanied him in his religious visits, frequently
appears......
----------------------------
In the year 1655, induced by the promise of an extensive landholder in the
county of Cavan, he went thither and purchased leases of several parcels of
land for himself and certain of his friends, who were willing to go with him,
among whom were Richard and Anthony Jackson. They removed the same year from
Lurgan to Cavan with their families, and constituting a little settlement of
kindred spirits, they established a Friends' meeting there. In a short time
they found that the promises of their landlord were delusive. The tenants
became dissatisfied, and several of them threw up their leases, and removed
to Mountmellick. Of those who took this decisive step rather than submit to
injustice, were William Edmundson and Richard Jackson, between whom the most
intimate relations seem to have subsisted. This removal took place in 1659,
and as a consequence a Friends' meeting was organized at Mountmellick, of
which William Edmundson and Richard Jackson were leading members.
Anthony Jackson, for some reason, preferred to remain at Cavan, and as far as
we have any information, he continued to reside there the rest of his
life.......

1655

Rutty, referring to this circumstance, says: "William
Edmundson, Richard Jackson, Anthony Jackson, John Thompson,
Richard Fayle, John Edmundson, William Moon and their families removed and
took land in the County of Cavan and dwelt there, and settled a meeting in
that County."
----
See Rutty's Rise and Progress among the Quakers in Ireland.

1663

Page 101

Letter dated 20 May 1663 from the Earl of Orrery to the
King concerning a planned insurrection. Part of this letter reads '...a great
Anabapist named Jackson went to a remote company and tried to make it
mutiny by telling the men they would be disbanded by half dozens and hanged
by dozens. The two soldiers to whom he spoke were my spies and reported to
me. I seized Jackson and sent him to the Lord Lieutenant. . .'.

1663

1670

1670. Ireland. "In Cavan County, ANTHONY JACKSON,
RICHARD FAYLE and others had their corn taken under pretense of tythes. The
said Anthony Jackson and Thomas Lunn were also committed to prison at the
suit of Ambrose Barcroft, a priest, for tythes."

1690

Betham Prerogative Will Extracts to 1800. Ref.
T/559/24

Page 167 of
Volume 24

Extract of the Will of John Jackson, Macelern,
County Meath, Gent. Will administered 13 August 1690. Wife Catherine Jackson.
Brother Richard Jackson. Children James Jackson, Catherine Jackson,
Anne Jackson and Maria Jackson.

1692

Volume 2, Memorial of the Dead Page 77 Parish of
Clontarf, County Dublin

Burial place of Mr. Alexander Jackson (no date
given). Erected by his daughter Mrs Sarah Hadsor [sic Hadson] in memory of
her father. Also Mrs Sarah Hadsor died 4 April 1751 age 75. (noted because of
the forename Alexander and the date). Note; Clontarf is located on the north
side of Dublin Bay some fifty miles south of the Lisnaboe area. NOTE: The date that I using to file this in this
chart is a guess – based on the death of an Alexander JACKSON of Hogshawe's Buildings, Co. Dublin city, gent. He had
a daughter Sarah Jane.

Alexander JACKSON of
Hogshaw Buildings, Dublin. Will dated 6 Sept 1686. Children Arthur, Sara
Jane, Margaret Mary Ms 141 now P8295B at National
Library, Dublin
Additional Note: October 19, 2013. Thanks to an email from Don Hodgers, I am told that HADSOR is the correct spelling. They were an Anglo-Norman family who arrived in Ireland in 1185 with Prince John. They were granted land in Co. Louth, and a later branch settled in Dublin. The modern form of the name is HODGERS.

1705

Will of Samuel JACKSON- mentioned his holdings in
Cavan and Monaghan. He is included in the JACKSONs of Coleraine tree.

1712

The
Lisbanoe JACKSONs trace their beginnings back to Lisbanoe House in the
townland of Lisbanoe that was originally in Co. Cavan (later included in Co.
Meath) It is just south of Kingscourt. First lease in 1712.

1734

John JACKSON of Ravilly, Co. Carlow, farmer & Susan BEVINS
of Tull, Co. Kildare spr 25 Nov 1734. This may get us closer to George's
ancestry. Thanks to Stephen EAGER June 21, 2005 email from a book of Marriage
Licenses 1661-1750 from FILM 100167.

This may
tie into an email from Inga JACKSON July 29, 2005 "More about the
JACKSONs" whose family mentions land from Cromwell at Eagle Hill, Co.
Carlow

1738

Charles
Jackson, Lisnaboe, County Meath. Lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment of Buffs.
Died at Woodbine Cottage, County Louth on the 18 October 1813 aged 75 years
(born c1738). He was seemingly related to the JACKSONs of Urker – but how, we
cannot say.

1741

Betham Prerogative Will Extracts to 1800. Ref.
T/559/24

Page 165 of
Volume 24

Extract of the Will of Robert Jackson married
daughter of John Wilson, Crookstown, County Meath, Farmer, 1741 (noted as
County Meath).

1750

Betham Prerogative Will Extracts to 1800. Ref.
T/559/24

Page 173 of
Volume 24

Extract of the Will dated 3 December 1750 of Thomas
Jackson, Creekstown, County Meath, Esq. Testator was married. His daughter
Elizabeth was the wife of (Henry __ ?).

1761

Betham Prerogative Will Extracts to 1800. Ref.
T/559/24

Page 173 of
Volume 24

Extract of the Will of James Jackson, Ballybay,
County Monaghan. He married a daughter of John Steel of Ardbuck, County Monaghan,
1761.They had issue namely Hugh Jackson, Walter Jackson, John Jackson,
Alexander Jackson, Washington Jackson, Sarah Jackson, Elinor Jackson and Martha
Jackson.

1767

Robert Jackson of Turnpike Road Carlow - will
probated in 1767

1776

Will of Richard JACKSON (1722-1787) mentions land
holdings in Co. Cavan. He is connected to the Coleraine line of JACKSONs.

1778

15 Oct
1778- NEWS: "A privateer is now
fitting out here, called the Hazard, to mount 12 carriage guns, besides
swivels, and to have 70 men; she is to be commanded by Capt. Richard
Jackson, and will sail in about three weeks."

1786

Joseph Jackson of Williamstown County Carlow - will
probated in 1786

1786

James birth was about 1786. Jane and |Elizabeth Richmonds births were about 1786.
John Jackson, James brother was born about 1775 to 1780 "Drumhow Parish near Belturbet" He was a weaver. He joined the Cavan militia in 1807 in Capt Nesbitt's Co. and then Capt. Moore. He was a Corporal in 1807 and a recruiter. In Oct 1807 he joined Second Battalion of the Regiment of Foot. He was discharged in 1816 and in Canada West by 1821. SOURCE: email Peter- Rahillan-Rahelen.

annotation from Page 178 of Volume 13. Extract of the Will
of Alexander Jackson, 1796 married Mary daughter of John Henry,
Brownfield, County Monaghan.

1797

Betham Prerogative Will Extracts to 1800. Ref.
T/559/24

Page 186 of
Volume 24

Extract of the Will of Alexander Jackson,
Aughnamullan, County Monaghan. Will dated 6 February 1797. Testator died
1797. Will Proved 9 February 1797. Brothers Henry Jackson, Hugh Jackson,
John Jackson, James Jackson and James's son Alexander Jackson.

The children of the Testator Alexander Jackson were his
sons Hugh Jackson and John Jackson and his daughters Mary Jackson, Eleanor
Jackson and Sarah.Jackson.

Note; The Index of the Prerogative Wills of Ireland record
the 1802 Will of Eleanor Jackson, Lisnaboe, County Meath. This Will
extract was not recorded in Volume 24 or any other Volume pertaining to the
Betham Prerogative Will extracts. This Will may be held at the Archives in
Dublin or it may not have survived).

I am a descendant of the retired soldier John Jackson. The research circulated about his military record is my research. This is not the only reference to the Jacksons living near Belturbet. John's nephew was baptized at Annah parish in 1815. The problem is that the records there begin only in 1801 and there are no other references. This could mean that the Jacksons lived nearby, or simply (as I think was very often the case) that the register was irregularly kept. SOURCE: email Gary French March 29, 2009

1834

Sir John CUFFE Family
Tree:

COLONEL GEORGE10
JACKSON (JANE9 CUFFE, JAMES8, GERALD7, FRANCIS6, JAMES5, THOMAS4, ROBERT3, JOHN CUFFE (THE2
ELDER), JOHN1 CUFFE) was born in Enniscoe
County Mayo Ireland, and died in Enniscoe County Mayo Ireland. He married
MARIA RUTLIDGE 1783, daughter of
WILLIAM RUTLIDGE.

More About COLONEL
GEORGE JACKSON: Military service: Colonel North Mayo Militia

ii. MADELINE
EGLANTINE JACKSON, m. MERVYN PRATT, 1834; b. Cabra Castle County Cavan Ireland. [NOTE: Cabra Castle goes back to 1770s. Located outside the town of
Kingscourt, the castle stands on the borders of Co. Monaghan, Co.Meath and
Co.Cavan.

More About MERVYN PRATT and MADELINE JACKSON: Marriage: 1834

1834

The Jackson estate at
Enniscoe, parish of Crossmolina, barony of Tirawley, county Mayo became the
property of the Pratts of Cabra Castle, county Cavan, following the marriage
in 1834 of the daughter and heiress of Colonel William Jackson with
Mervyn Pratt. In 1876 Mervyn Pratt owned 17,955 acres in county Mayo, 8095
acres in county Cavan and 1014 acres in county Meath. In 1916 the Congested
Districts' Board made a final offer of just under £50,000 for the Pratt's
county Mayo estate. Enniscoe was inherited by the Nicholson family in the
20th century and the nucleus of the property has remained in the ownership of
descendants of the Jacksons for over 300 years. http://www.enniscoe.com/

1835

Deed
1835 9 201 Thomas B. JACKSON

1851

IRISHMEN IN SCOTTISH CENSUS RECORDSP13 Vol. IV, No. 1 1972

The 13th Light Dragoons at Piershill Barracks, Edinburgh.30 March 1851

WILLIAM JACKSON, soldier, unm, 16,
private soldier, Cavan

1855

In 1855, a Gordon JACKSON and a Thomas JACKSON held lands
at Lisnagrow, Co. Meath (near Lisnaboe). NOTE: a grandson of Henry JACKSON of
Lisnaboe was named Gordon.

1863

COUNTY OF CAVAN

In the Matter of the Estate
of Martha GWYNNE, a Minor; J. CONNOR and others, petitioners. Parts of the
lands of South Kildallen, situate in the barony of Tullyhunco, containing 108
statute acres. The life estate of the owner, now aged 42 years, in the above
lands was sold to Mr. Robert JACKSON (in trust) at 350l., the net
annual rent being 96l.; the Ordnance valuation, 76l. Mr. John COWLEY,
solicitor, had carriage of sale.

November 7, 1863

1865

Hannah Jackson aged 18 (b1865) and her sister Agnes Jackson aged 16
(b1867) emigrated alone to Queensland in 1883 on the Duke of Buccleuch. They left the ship in Bowen and went into employment from there; Hannah to a Mrs Smith and Agnes to a Joseph Emmerson as general servants. SOURCE: [IRL-CAVAN] Jackson, Fagan/Fegan at Glencorran or nearby

A Robert Jackson born in Cavan enlisted in RIC in 1894 aged 25. Film No 852089.

1918

A *Mr R Jackson,* living at *RIC Mahcross Terrace, Carrickmacross, **Co
Monaghan* in 1918 may be a relative of Hannah's, as Hannah's son Ernest may have visited him during his time of service in WW1 - this address was in his war diary. Email Narelle